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This Hairless Mexican Dog Has a Storied, Ancient Past
With a history going back more than 3,500 years, the xoloitzcuintli dog played a significant role in Precolumbian life.
BY KRISTIN ROMEY
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 22, 2017
To the ancient Aztec and Maya, man's best friend was also a hairless, ugly-cute healer, occasional food source, and, most importantly, guide to the Underworld.
Sometimes known as the Mexican Hairless dog, the xoloitzcuintli (pronounced "show-low-itz-QUEENT-ly") gets its name from two words in the language of the Aztecs: Xolotl, the god of lightning and death, and itzcuintli, or dog. According to Aztec belief, the Dog of Xolotl was created by the god to guard the living and guide the souls of the dead through the dangers of Mictlán, the Underworld.
One of the most ancient dog breeds of the Americas, researchers believe the ancestors of the xoloitzcuintli (or 'xolo' for short) accompanied the earliest migrants from Asia and had developed into the breed seen today by at least 3,500 years ago. The xolo's hairlessness (save for a tuft or two of hair on top of the head or on the tail) is the result of a genetic mutation that is also responsible for the dog's lack of premolars. This distinctive dental trait makes identifying the remains of xolos in archaeological contexts relatively easy.
Ceramic vessels in the shape of xolo dogs are frequently found in 2,000-year-old tombs in western Mexico.
Xolos appear in ancient Mesoamerican art often with pointed ears and wrinkly skin to indicate their hairlessness. The most frequent depictions take the form of small ceramic vessels known as Colima Dogs for the modern state in western Mexico where they are commonly found. In Colima and the neighboring states of Nayarit and Jalsico, archaeologists estimate that more than 75 percent of burials from the Preclassic period (ca. 300 B.C to A.D. 300) contain these vessels, which may have served as symbolic dog guides to help the soul of the dead travel through the Underworld.
These hairless canines also caught the eye of European chroniclers such as Christopher Columbus and the 16th-century Spanish missionary Bernadino de Sahagún, who describes how the Aztecs would tuck xolos in blankets at night to keep them warm. The dogs' fur-free bodies also serve as excellent heat conductors, making them a kind of ancient hot-water bottle for the ill and the elderly. "They know when you're sick," observes Kay Lawson, a 20-year xolo breeder and past president of the Xoloitzcuintli Club of America. "They zero right in to where it hurts."
The xoloitzcuintli was nearly eaten into extinction by hungry Spanish settlers.
Along with turkeys, xolos were one of the only domesticated animals eaten by ancient Mesoamericans. The conquistadors developed such an appetite for the convenient canine protein source when they arrived in the New World that they nearly ate the xoloitzcuintli into oblivion, says archaeologist Marc Thompson, director of the Tijeras Pueblo Museum.
By the time the xolo was officially recognized in Mexico in 1956, the breed was nearly extinct. Today, however, these ancient dogs are experiencing a revival, especially among people who are allergic to their furry counterparts. But they're not for everyone, Lawson warns.
"You really have to be thinking [with xolos] all the time," she says. "They open doors, they open crates. This is a primitive dog. They're extremely intelligent."
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/hairless-dog-mexico-xolo-xoloitzcuintli-Aztec
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With a history going back more than 3,500 years, the xoloitzcuintli dog played a significant role in Precolumbian life.
BY KRISTIN ROMEY
PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 22, 2017
To the ancient Aztec and Maya, man's best friend was also a hairless, ugly-cute healer, occasional food source, and, most importantly, guide to the Underworld.
Sometimes known as the Mexican Hairless dog, the xoloitzcuintli (pronounced "show-low-itz-QUEENT-ly") gets its name from two words in the language of the Aztecs: Xolotl, the god of lightning and death, and itzcuintli, or dog. According to Aztec belief, the Dog of Xolotl was created by the god to guard the living and guide the souls of the dead through the dangers of Mictlán, the Underworld.
One of the most ancient dog breeds of the Americas, researchers believe the ancestors of the xoloitzcuintli (or 'xolo' for short) accompanied the earliest migrants from Asia and had developed into the breed seen today by at least 3,500 years ago. The xolo's hairlessness (save for a tuft or two of hair on top of the head or on the tail) is the result of a genetic mutation that is also responsible for the dog's lack of premolars. This distinctive dental trait makes identifying the remains of xolos in archaeological contexts relatively easy.
Ceramic vessels in the shape of xolo dogs are frequently found in 2,000-year-old tombs in western Mexico.
Xolos appear in ancient Mesoamerican art often with pointed ears and wrinkly skin to indicate their hairlessness. The most frequent depictions take the form of small ceramic vessels known as Colima Dogs for the modern state in western Mexico where they are commonly found. In Colima and the neighboring states of Nayarit and Jalsico, archaeologists estimate that more than 75 percent of burials from the Preclassic period (ca. 300 B.C to A.D. 300) contain these vessels, which may have served as symbolic dog guides to help the soul of the dead travel through the Underworld.
These hairless canines also caught the eye of European chroniclers such as Christopher Columbus and the 16th-century Spanish missionary Bernadino de Sahagún, who describes how the Aztecs would tuck xolos in blankets at night to keep them warm. The dogs' fur-free bodies also serve as excellent heat conductors, making them a kind of ancient hot-water bottle for the ill and the elderly. "They know when you're sick," observes Kay Lawson, a 20-year xolo breeder and past president of the Xoloitzcuintli Club of America. "They zero right in to where it hurts."
The xoloitzcuintli was nearly eaten into extinction by hungry Spanish settlers.
Along with turkeys, xolos were one of the only domesticated animals eaten by ancient Mesoamericans. The conquistadors developed such an appetite for the convenient canine protein source when they arrived in the New World that they nearly ate the xoloitzcuintli into oblivion, says archaeologist Marc Thompson, director of the Tijeras Pueblo Museum.
By the time the xolo was officially recognized in Mexico in 1956, the breed was nearly extinct. Today, however, these ancient dogs are experiencing a revival, especially among people who are allergic to their furry counterparts. But they're not for everyone, Lawson warns.
"You really have to be thinking [with xolos] all the time," she says. "They open doors, they open crates. This is a primitive dog. They're extremely intelligent."
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/hairless-dog-mexico-xolo-xoloitzcuintli-Aztec
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Yukon sets new daily snow record, nearly 300 percent of normal, Canada https://watchers.news/2021/04/07/yukon-sets-new-daily-snow-record-nearly-300-percent-of-normal-canada/
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@supernaturval from the SolarPunk Meta chat has built this website :
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It's a web site with all the links shared to this channel, with a search engine!
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April 19, 2021
Massive landslide
The cliff fall up to 40m (131ft) wide, happened in Nefyn Beach in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
#MidAtlanticRidge splitting
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Massive landslide
The cliff fall up to 40m (131ft) wide, happened in Nefyn Beach in Gwynedd, Wales, UK
#MidAtlanticRidge splitting
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Sweden rejects pioneering test of solar geoengineering tech
Under pressure from indigenous people and environmental groups, Sweden's space agency on Wednesday called off a landmark first test of technology that could pave the way for efforts to slow global warming by dimming sunlight reaching Earth.
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Jonathan Balcombe: What A Fish Knows
4/21/21 by Species Unite
https://www.speciesunite.com/podcast/jonathan-balcombe
Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/122120963
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“…gazing up to the night sky saying, ‘are we alone?’ …well, wait a minute, look around, there's tons of fascinating life forms. We're so lucky to have all this amazing panoply of life on the planet. I get the question… are there other humanoids out there? Or, are there other conscious beings? But we ought to be pretty grateful for what we have on this planet… there's a lot of amazing creatures and phenomena that we get to enjoy living with, if we can.” - Jonathan Balcombe Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. He is the author of four books on the inner lives of animals, including the New York Times bestseller, What a Fish Knows. He has published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection. Jonathan has spent his life studying animals, how they think and feel and why they matter. Quite often, he focuses on the ones that most of us tend not to think about very much, like fish and in his newest book, Superfly, flies – it comes out in May. I thought I knew a little bit about fish, but after reading Jonathan’s book and after this time spent with him, I realized that I knew very little. There are 33,000 species of fish and what many of them are capable of is absolutely mind blowing . For eons, we have categorized species by who we deem worthy and who we don’t. Fish are almost always very near or at the bottom of that list. Clearly, that is because most of us know so little about them. Jonathan knows a lot. If you haven’t read his book, read it. It will astonish you. Jonathan can most recently be seen in the Netflix documentary, Seaspiracy.
4/21/21 by Species Unite
https://www.speciesunite.com/podcast/jonathan-balcombe
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“…gazing up to the night sky saying, ‘are we alone?’ …well, wait a minute, look around, there's tons of fascinating life forms. We're so lucky to have all this amazing panoply of life on the planet. I get the question… are there other humanoids out there? Or, are there other conscious beings? But we ought to be pretty grateful for what we have on this planet… there's a lot of amazing creatures and phenomena that we get to enjoy living with, if we can.” - Jonathan Balcombe Jonathan Balcombe is a biologist with a PhD in ethology, the study of animal behavior. He is the author of four books on the inner lives of animals, including the New York Times bestseller, What a Fish Knows. He has published over 60 scientific papers and book chapters on animal behavior and animal protection. Jonathan has spent his life studying animals, how they think and feel and why they matter. Quite often, he focuses on the ones that most of us tend not to think about very much, like fish and in his newest book, Superfly, flies – it comes out in May. I thought I knew a little bit about fish, but after reading Jonathan’s book and after this time spent with him, I realized that I knew very little. There are 33,000 species of fish and what many of them are capable of is absolutely mind blowing . For eons, we have categorized species by who we deem worthy and who we don’t. Fish are almost always very near or at the bottom of that list. Clearly, that is because most of us know so little about them. Jonathan knows a lot. If you haven’t read his book, read it. It will astonish you. Jonathan can most recently be seen in the Netflix documentary, Seaspiracy.
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“…gazing up to the night sky saying, ‘are we alone?’ …well, wait a minute, look around, there's tons of fascinating life forms. We're so lucky to have all this amazing panoply of life on the planet. I get the question… are there other humanoids out there?…
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Saving the mountain caribou
4/20/21 by Matt Martin
https://www.kuow.org/stories/saving-the-mountain-caribou
Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/122020780
Episode: https://universityofwashington.mc.tritondigital.com/The_Wild_P/media/7e33a30cc88ce9a9d6804ddf8943a403.mp3
This is a tough story to tell. In 2019 the last of the mountain caribou in the lower 48 states disappeared. Extinct. Deforestation threatens those that are left. Professional Wildlife tracker and photographer David Moskowitz takes us to the frigid mountains of British Columbia to learn about the ancient but fragile ecosystem these majestic reindeer call home.
4/20/21 by Matt Martin
https://www.kuow.org/stories/saving-the-mountain-caribou
Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/122020780
Episode: https://universityofwashington.mc.tritondigital.com/The_Wild_P/media/7e33a30cc88ce9a9d6804ddf8943a403.mp3
This is a tough story to tell. In 2019 the last of the mountain caribou in the lower 48 states disappeared. Extinct. Deforestation threatens those that are left. Professional Wildlife tracker and photographer David Moskowitz takes us to the frigid mountains of British Columbia to learn about the ancient but fragile ecosystem these majestic reindeer call home.
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Saving the mountain caribou
This is a tough story to tell. In 2019 the last of the mountain caribou in the lower 48 states disappeared. Extinct. Deforestation threatens those that are left. Professional Wildlife tracker and photographer David Moskowitz takes us to the frigid mountains…
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1305: The abolitionist horizon / Mariame Kaba
3/9/21 by This is Hell!
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Organizer Mariame Kaba on state violence, the possibilities of police and prison abolition, and her book "We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice" from Haymarket Books.
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1664-we-do-this-til-we-free-us
3/9/21 by This is Hell!
https://soundcloud.com/this-is-hell/tih20210309
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Organizer Mariame Kaba on state violence, the possibilities of police and prison abolition, and her book "We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice" from Haymarket Books.
https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1664-we-do-this-til-we-free-us
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1305: The abolitionist horizon / Mariame Kaba
Organizer Mariame Kaba on state violence, the possibilities of police and prison abolition, and her book "We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice" from Haymarket B
Indigenous Peoples and Vaccines
4/7/21 by Indigenous Rights Radio
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Episode: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1024281700-culturalsurvival-indigenous-peoples-and-vaccines.mp3
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave health threat to Indigenous peoples around the world. Indigenous communities already experience poor access to healthcare, significantly higher rates of communicable and non-communicable diseases, lack of access to essential services, sanitation, and other key preventive measures, such as clean water, soap, disinfectant, etc. Produced by Shaldon Ferris Interviewee: Shani Mangola (Hadza) Music: Whispers by Ziibiwan, used with permission. Image: Shani Mangola
4/7/21 by Indigenous Rights Radio
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Episode: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/1024281700-culturalsurvival-indigenous-peoples-and-vaccines.mp3
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave health threat to Indigenous peoples around the world. Indigenous communities already experience poor access to healthcare, significantly higher rates of communicable and non-communicable diseases, lack of access to essential services, sanitation, and other key preventive measures, such as clean water, soap, disinfectant, etc. Produced by Shaldon Ferris Interviewee: Shani Mangola (Hadza) Music: Whispers by Ziibiwan, used with permission. Image: Shani Mangola
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Indigenous Peoples and Vaccines
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic poses a grave health threat to Indigenous peoples around the world. Indigenous communities already experience poor access to healthcare, significantly higher r
Earth Day special: "Acts of war" w/ John Trudell
4/23/21
https://www.therednation.org
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In celebration of Earth Day, we present a 1980 speech by John Trudell on revolution and loyalty to the earth.
4/23/21
https://www.therednation.org
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In celebration of Earth Day, we present a 1980 speech by John Trudell on revolution and loyalty to the earth.
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